Carrier profile · USDOT 2424910 · MC-835482 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

WAVECO INC

DBA VALLEY FARM TRANSPORT, INC.

292 power unitsavg 4.7 yrRegional · 5 statesDIXON, CA81/100
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 153 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

35.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

169 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Sep '24 · 29

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 292-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
292
Inspections · 24 mo
183
Annualized
≈92 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving218 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 25 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
6False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 108 total · 16 in 24 mo

108
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025111211
20249149
20239029
2022121412
20212012
2020110311
2019100310
2018110611
2017110311
20164014
201510109
20146025
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 7, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 2, 2025CA01Yes
Oct 22, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025NV00Yes
Sep 21, 2025OR00Yes
Sep 11, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 28, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 21, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 10, 2025CA10Yes
Apr 3, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 27, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 15, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2024CA02Yes
Aug 5, 2024CA12Yes
Jul 29, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 17, 2024CA00Yes
May 14, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 8, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 30, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 21, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 6, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2023CA01Yes